The Dictator Playbook

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Autocracy, Inc. author Anne Applebaum says today's dictators — including Putin and Xi — are working together in a global fight to dismantle democracy, and Trump is borrowing from their playbook: "We're going to have to defend and protect our political system if we want to keep it."

Also, David Bianculli reviews the Apple TV series Time Bandits.

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